Every Wagon Tells A Story…
Building and modifying British Railways wagon kits and models to ScaleFour standards
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Nice work. I’ve experimented with heating and bending the plastic to make dented wagon sides in the past, but your…
Martin, I’ve cleaned off the molding marks and part numbers from the individual parts and also removed the ‘underframe’ from…
Thanks Dave! I think you will find areas of common interest as our respective builds proceed. I remember building a…
Looking good! Im at a similar stage with some old airfix 16 tonners, so will be interested in any ‘common’…
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Thanks Liam. Yes I considered various ways of heating the plastic to deform it but they all looked to me…